Wow. I just went to costco.com to order some photos of Emmy for Mom, and I discovered a category of merchandise I hadn’t noticed before: Funeral. There are flowers, memorial knickknacks, caskets and urns (for the two- and four-legged, both). For $949.99 you can get the “In God’s Care Casket,” which is rated five stars. I seriously don’t want to know the basis on which it has achieved this stellar ranking, but as a journalist […]
Read moreMonth: November 2010
Swinger
Oh, to be away from myself. Just for a day. No wonder I have such separation anxiety when I’m far from people like Emmy and MF and Lulu and Yo-nenny. Then look who I’m stuck with: yo. Only a few other people can edge me a little away from my own toxicity. Here’s Emmy in the swing tonight. She and I had just gotten out of the bath. All day today I paid month-plus-overdue bills […]
Read more“You’re Not That Inarticulate”
…That was Will Lewis’ response to my self-consciousness about my on-air performance with him. A skilled backhanded compliment is a work of art. And it was funny enough to make me feel less stupid about babbling nationally. I may not be a consummate radio personality, but I’m “human,” as Brian put it, with another masterfully executed backhanded compliment. Will was a delight: warm, funny, relaxed. It always surprises when talented or visionary or courageous people […]
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Lulu + fella + Peetee + Jen + I went to hear Cheryl Wheeler. Some of her beautiful songs made me feel like a snail crawling through diatomaceous earth. I suppose stranger things have come to pass, Many’s the forest I can’t see. I was so down and lost and fading fast. How did you find your way to me? Here is a picture of me telling Cheryl about the emotional effect her lyrics had […]
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